(1) Over half of these patients will have ‘freckles’ that urticate on stroking.(2) These fine hairs are barbed, and designed to urticate , but do not contain venom.(3) The lesions blanched with diascopy but did not urticate , blister, or itch after a brisk stroke.(4) I believe that it is also true to say that, whilst urtication can be very effective in the short-tern, in the long-term actually eating the nettles is going to have a more beneficial effect.(5) By the time I found it, all it's urticating hairs were embedded in my skin.(6) The symptoms are similar to those caused by the urticating hairs of bird spiders.(7) Knowledge that some larvae possess urticating structures should not generate undue fear of caterpillars.(8) Roman soldiers used urtication , or external stinging, to relieve the pain of arthritis.(9) In some but not all patients this was accompanied by diminution of urtication in response to cooling.(10) The hairs can be shed or inserted by direct contact with potential predators by rubbing the region with urticating hairs.(11) If you are sensitive to the urticating hairs, then I do not recommend this handling method for you.(12) This is due to the fact that they like to line their burrows out with their urticating hairs.(13) Tarantulas also use urticating hairs to establish their territories, and also for making the cocoon.(14) If you frequently have a reaction to the urticating hair of your pet tarantula I suggest wearing rubber dish washing gloves when working in your pet's habitat.(15) These hairs retain their urticating properties long after the caterpillars have pupated.(16) Caterpillar urtications can cause severe allergic responses and even death in some people, so - as we said - better not to handle hairy caterpillars unless you know they are harmless varieties.
